After retiring in 2004, Geoff Huegill put on 50 kilos. Four years later, he staged a remarkable comeback. Today, he’s once again chasing the black line at the World Aquatics Masters Championships: this time for fun, fitness, and old friends.
The Vigo County School Corporation’s aquatic center received a generous donation thanks to a social media post. Organizers of the Swim by 7 program identified a need for towels and swimsuits to support their initiative.
(more…)Nearly 100,000 people have taken a dip at three River Seine bathing sites in Paris since their July opening, with authorities extending the swimming season, the city’s mayor said on Wednesday, August 27. Caroline Baum reports.
Have you mastered the basics of your freestyle stroke but feel like your progress has stalled? It’s a common problem, but the solution isn’t always to swim longer or harder.
Local law enforcement recently helped a swim program at the Vigo County School Corporation’s Aquatic Center.
Melanie Barratt, a gold-medal winning Paralympian, swims tethered to an elastic bungee in a small pool on her own. But, after 20 years of fitting personal goals around motherhood, new ambitions are burning – she’s desperate to try open-water swimming. Being blind, the only way to do this is to ask for help, but asking for help is a complex and often controversial issue for disabled people. Melanie has always hidden her disability because of social stigma and internalised ableism, but the lure of new adventures is greater than the shame she feels. What happens next surpasses all expectations as she not only finds community, but also an increasing pride in her identity as a disabled woman. With the support of her ‘Ironfish’ friends, she not only learns to swim in open water but enters the record books by becoming the first blind woman to swim the English Channel.
Families of Autism Coming Together has teamed up with Tide Swim School for adaptive swim lessons, with the goal to help prevent drownings while exploring the fun water can offer for people with disabilities.
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